[TR] Trickle chargers and drills

[Rye Livingston]

Great info Don, thank you.

Rye



> On Oct 28, 2022, at 11:06 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Rye, the 8-step charging-maintenance profile shown on that Porsche maintainer looks quite a bit like the one used by CTEK, especially the step 7 fully charged / step 8 long term float.  I wouldn't be surprised if CTEK guts were inside the Porsche "battery" packaging.  CTEK make maintainers for a number of luxury-performance marques.
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> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM Rye Livingston <ryel at mac.com <mailto:ryel at mac.com>> wrote:
> My son, who is a mechanic, gave me a Milwaukee 18 volt drill and it’s pretty amazing.
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> As for a trickle charger, be aware and do your homework as I’ve learned that they aren’t as plug and play as you’d think.  A restoration shop I’m using told me even the Battery Tender Junior he’s seen catch fire and burn up the car and the garage it’s in.  I now have a timer on the trickle charger so it will cycle on and off every other day.  I also have an Airsteam trailer and found out the hard way, not a fire thankfully, that even the charger/converter that came with the trailer when plugged into shore power baked the 2 deep cycle batteries.  I was then directed to new unit on Amazon that I installed, that is designed to plug in and leave it for months and months, no issue.
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> Back to a battery charger for your car, this one is crazy expensive which I received as a gift from my wife for my Porsche 356. Before using it I checked to see if this was a plug and play for months charger, and it is.
> https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html <https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html>
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> So I’ll be watching this topic to see if there are other chargers out there that are safe to leave plugged in for months at a time.
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> Good luck,
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> Rye Livingston
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> Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club
> 1960 Triumph TR3A
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> PS: Don’t forget to start planning for Drive Your Triumph Day, 2/10/2023
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>> On Oct 28, 2022, at 6:50 AM, auprichard uprichard.net <http://uprichard.net/> <auprichard at uprichard.net <mailto:auprichard at uprichard.net>> wrote:
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>> My wife just asked what I wanted on my Christmas list – joy!
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>> I’d like to get trickle chargers which I can plug in and forget about when we are away during the winter.  What recommendations do you have?
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>> Also, my cordless drill is old and done:  again, any recommendations?
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>> Andrew Uprichard
>> Jackson, Michigan
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